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Update browserBy Dr. Jon Leary, Gamos East Africa / Loughborough University. On Tuesday 22nd September 2026, the IEA, Kenya and Norway convened the first ever session…
Read the full article, Making Connections: The Evolving Global Narrative Linking Clean Cooking and ElectrificationBy Dr. Simon Batchelor OBE (Gamos Ltd. / Loughborough University). I had intended to listen to the speeches of the High-Level Event on Clean Cooking…
Read the full article, Clean Cooking in One Speech: President Ruto at the UNBy TaTEDO-SESO. Introduction On 22 August 2026, President Samia Suluhu Hassan stood at Stiegler's Gorge on the Rufiji River and formally inaugurated the Julius Nyerere…
Read the full article, Powering Tanzania’s Clean Cooking Transformation: How JNHPP Can Accelerate National DevelopmentBy the TaTEDO-SESO Communications Team. In August 2026, TaTEDO-SESO and SESCOM teams carried the Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS) message from a landmark showcase in…
Read the full article, Accelerating Clean Energy Adoption: A Month of Sparking Changes in TanzaniaBy Dr Simon Batchelor (OBE), Gamos Ltd. / Loughborough University This blog takes some of the learning from a new paper “Factors associated with continued…
Read the full article, Modern cooking does not end at adoption: what a recent study on LPG by the Clean-Air (Africa) Research Group can teach us about eCookingBy Eva Idugboe (Loughborough University). New York, 6 to 9 July 2026 The 2026 High-level Political Forum marked the final in-depth review of SDG 7…
Read the full article, Reflections from HLPF 2026: MECS insights on energy security, inclusive energy and electric cookingBy Prof. Ed Brown (Loughborough University / MECS Programme/CCG), Eng. Anne Wacera Wambugu (Strathmore SCES) and James Miano Wanjiru (Strathmore SCES) Transitioning one million Kenyan…
Read the full article, Beyond Energy Access: eCooking, Reliability, and the Last Few MetresBy Dr. Simon Batchelor OBE (Gamos Ltd. / Loughborough University). Electricity access statistics tell us whether a household is connected. They tell us much less…
Read the full article, Household energy spending across the connected in three countriesBy Jacob Fodio Todd, Gamos Ltd. Recent MECS research has explored the scale of Kenya’s commercial cooking market. Food trolleys are a sizeable, mobile, and…
Read the full article, The Trolley Economy: An Electric Opportunity for Mobile Street Food Vendors in KenyaBy Richard Sieff (Gamos Ltd./MECS), Jacob Fodio-Todd (Gamos Ltd./MECS), and Walter Kipruto (Independent Consultant). Overview Restaurants, eateries and street food vendors are widespread across Kenya.…
Read the full article, Understanding the Scale of the Commercial Cooking Sector in Kenya: A Replicable Methodology for Estimating the Number of Food Businesses NationallyBy TaTEDO-SESO. TaTEDO-SESO and SESCOM turn the country's biggest trade platform into a stage for practical clean cooking solutions, strategic partnerships, and consumer confidence. From…
Read the full article, Driving Tanzania's Clean Cooking Transition at the 2026 Dar es Salaam International Trade FairBy Dr Yesmeen Khalifa (MECS programme, Loughborough University) Put thirty-five people in a room and ask what should happen first to scale eCooking, and the…
Read the full article, Workshop exercise: a role-play of a participatory approach to identifying priority actions for scaling eCooking by 2030 and beyond